General Items

• Walking boots
• Light sandals or plimsolls to wear in the lodges
• Rucksack
• Sleeping bag (4 seasons)
• Warm jacket (Ideally a duck down jacket)
• 2 pairs of underwear
• 2 pairs of walking socks
• 2 warm shirts/ thin fleece
• I pair thin thermal under trousers.
• Long trousers for walking (or long skirt for women)
• T shirt
• Shorts
• Swimming costume (for the hot springs in Tatopani-Annapurna Only )
• Gloves (It's cold on the Thorung La, Laurebina Pass and Cho La)
• Warm hat which covers your ears (For the Kali Gandaki and Thorung La - it's windy)
• Base ball cap or broad brim hat to keep the sun off (Australian Barmah recommended)
• Sunglasses (vital)
• Sun cream
• Soap and soap dish
• Small towel
• Toothbrush and toothpaste.
• Map
• Sheet of plastic (Use as a poncho if it rains)
• 1 roll of toilet paper. You can buy more on the way.
• 2 large plastic bags. One for smelly clothes, one for things which must be kept dry.
• Headtorch (mostly to look at paintings in the gompas)
• Small good quality padlock
• Waterbottle
• Iodine tablets for water purification

The nice to have items are

• Nelles Verlag map
• Compass
• Umbrella
• Goretex Jacket
• Notebook and pen
• Crampons